Portland Museum of Art Wins Appeal in Bequest Lawsuit, Funding for Restitution Research, and More: Morning Links from May 6, 2020
Here's what we're reading this morning.
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To Avoid Lawsuit, National Gallery of Art Returns Picasso Work to Heirs of German-Jewish Banker
The museum said it has owned the work since 2001.
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Met Museum Can Keep Famed Picasso Painting ‘The Actor,’ Following Court Decision in Restitution Case
A claim for return of the artwork from 1905 had been issued after too much time, the court said.
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Issues & Commentary: Addressing Returns
There was a time when the principle of returning to African countries art and artifacts removed under colonial rule seemed on its way to becoming an international norm.
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Restitution Suit Pits Owner of 18th-Century Painting Against Polish Government
The lawsuit claims that the case demonstrates Poland's ongoing anti-Semitism.
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‘I’ve Regained a Part of My Family’: Unusual Swiss Restitution Case Brings John Constable Painting Home to Heirs in France
The work was won back from the Musée des Beaux-Arts in La Chaux-de-Fonds by a retired history teacher on behalf of his distant aunt.
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The Mysterious Journey of an Erotic Masterpiece
Femme nue couchée, one of several Courbets owned by the Hungarian Jewish collector Baron Ferenc Hatvany, disappeared after World War II from a Budapest bank vault. The painting resurfaced 50 years…
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Descendant of the Pharaohs
Zahi Hawass, the head of Egypt's antiquities council, is mounting a campaign to repatriate artistic icons from museums around the world.
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GoldDerby
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TVLine
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BGR
Guess why these infected hair stylists didn’t pass coronavirus to any of their clients
Rolling Stone
We’ve Waited All Summer for This Deal to Drop on Beats’ Best-Selling Portable Speaker
SPY